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Abnormal Psych Exam II (Sex Disorders)
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
11/09/2009

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Whose sexual arousal do we understand better, men’s or women’s? Why
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Men's--its easier to see and measure.
Also, we are not that complicated. lol
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What biological factors influence difficulties in sexual arousal?
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Aging-->Hormone levels; Drugs (ciggs/alcohol/ weed); physiologic problems (injury/disease);
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What psychological factors are most likely to influence women’s difficulties with sexuality (in relationships, cultural values, parental attitudes)?
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Mental scrips (objects of desire); Beliefs & attitudes of sexuality; quality of interpersonal relationships; parents attitudes and demonstration of affection; Cultures-repressive or permissive?; Previous traumatic experiences; perfomrance anxiety; existence of bad communication, power conflicts, lack of intimacy, and distrust.
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What is performance anxiety?
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Fear of failure, (can also happen during sex)
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What kinds of negative emotions are associated with sexual difficulties?
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Anxiety, guilt, failure to communicate.
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What are the major components of the sexual dysfunction treatment pioneered by Masters and Johnson?
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Become more familiar w/ their bodie; learn to communicate more effectively w/ partners; receive training procedures to diminish fear.
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What sexual disorder are medications most effective for?
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ED(for men)-drop in blood pressure; loss of sexual desire (for women only)-facial hair growth & other masculine features.
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Fetishism (what are the most commonly fetishized objects?)
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Women's underwear, shoes & boots, leather or rubber products.
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Transvestic fetishism (differentiate between this and being a drag queen)
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One who dresses in the opposite gender's clothes for sexual arousal vs. Drag queen who does NOT necessarily do so for sexual arousal.
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Sexual masochism (who is most likely to be a masochist?)
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Sexual arousal by receiving pain or humiliation.Highly educated and occupationally successful people. Mostly among privileged groups of society.
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Sexual sadism
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one who finds it sexually arousing to humiliate or cause pain to another. Sometimes escalates.
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Exhibitionism
Definition
Scenario-Old man wearing a huge brown overcoat. LOOK/STAY AWAY!
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Voyeurism (what is important about the person being observed?)
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Peeping on UNKNOWING victims who are disrobing/engaging in sex.
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Frotteurism
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Scenario- Crowded bus/train in India/Japan.
DO NOT WANT.
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Pedophilia (differentiate between this and child molestor)
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Pedo-One who finds young people sexually desirable.
Child Molestor- one who acts on pedobear instincts.
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What is the prevalence of rape?
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14% of adult women in the US
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What is acquaintance rape? (more common form of rape)
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Rapes committed by people who know their victims
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What motivates people to rape?
Contrast the DSM and feminist perspectives
What are the four categories of rapists?
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Sadistic(agressive), Nonsadistic(nonagressive), Vindictive(nonsexual anger towards women) Opportunistic (impulsive behavior/psychopathology)
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Why should we be skeptical about findings that some people with paraphilias have elevated testosterone levels?
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Participants of studies are convicted sex offenders; high rate of alcoholism and drug abuse among men convicted of sex crimes.
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What are the four main developmental factors associated with the development of paraphilias?
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EARLY crossing of normative sexual boundaries through DIRECT experience (sexual abuse by adult); Lack of consistent parental enviorn in which normative sex behaviors & values are modeled.; Lack of self esteem; Ignorance/poor understanding of human sexuality.
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Understand the concept of lovemap and what goes wrong with this in paraphilias
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Child learns that romantic attachment & sexual desire are incompatible.
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What is an intriguing hypothesis about the etiology of masochism?
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Those who engaged had experienced traumatic physical disease followed by frightening forms of medical treatment. Pain-to-pleasure. Strong positive emotion-sexual pleasure- used to control intolerable pain.
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What should we understand about people’s motivation for treatment when they have a paraphilia?
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Most do not enter voluntarily, but are forced (or superficially persuaded) due to criminal offenses (and pardons).
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Aversion therapy (what is it?)
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Think back to the video of the butt-toucher...*SMACK*
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Cognitive behavioral therapy (what is it and what do we know about the outcomes?)
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Cognitive restructuring, social skills training, and stress management procedures. Better success than aversion, but still bad success rate.
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Hormones and medications-in regards to treating paraphilia (which ones are used and what do we know about outcome?)
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montly injections to reduce testosterone; Some positive reports, yet no double blind placebo controlled studies.
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What are the two types of laws used to control people who have committed sexual crimes?
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Community notification laws (megans law)- unconstitutional via prolonged punishment after sentence is served?
Sexual predator laws- keep some criminals in custody indefinitely. Unconstitutional?
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Gender Identity Disorder Etiology?
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Much unknown, since we know very little about gender ID. mostly believed to be caused by hormonal imbalances during prenatal period.
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What are the findings on monogamous relationships?
Definition
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Alfred Kinsey: What was important about the results of his research?
Definition
He made sex a more acceptable area of study, as well as showed how much sexual activity/preferences actually varies.
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What are the findings on gender differences in terms of orgasm?
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Women 3 stages, hardly any refractory period
Men 2 stages, long refractory period
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What are the components of sexual satisfaction?
Definition
Physiological measurements; Emotional/cognitive.
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For sexual dysfunctions, whose distress is important?
Definition
primarily the one suffering, although partners is usually indirectly taken into account as well. (their displeasure prompts your displeasure)
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